In Person & Online – Savvy Ways To Build Your Network

Minnesota Women’s Press:

We know we should do it. Everyone says so. Especially now, when things are tighter than ever.

No, we’re not talking about diet or exercise or clothes that, um, shrunk in the wash. It’s networking that’s the “should,” and experts say that in these days of shrinking employment opportunities and the “hidden” job market, it’s whom you know and whom they know that are crucially important.

But networking isn’t just for getting a job or an interview for one; if you’re a woman who owns her own business, is in sales, or who wants a leg up, “Making sure that you have a variety of great people in your network is the difference between your being mediocre or fabulous,” said networking expert Mary Kurek, author of “Who’s Hiding in Your Address Book? Introducing the Ideal Network for Successful Women.”

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